Platinum Games is developing the Metal Gear SPIN-OFF! Its officially the best game ever! Platinum Games always makes the best games ever. Just look at Bayonetta and Vanquish! Platinum Games has yet to fail me. DAT CHEESE! DAT CORNY ACTING! DAT OVER-THE-TOP ACTION! Now if only Platinum Games can work on the next Devil May Cry and show Ninja Theory how to make a REAL action game.

Metal Gear Rising: REVENGEANCE has Game of the Century written all over it.

Naughty Dog, the guys who developed the Crash Bandicoot and Uncharted games, are working on what looks to be another zombie apocalypse game? I don't know about you guys but I'm getting sick of zombie games. I'll be keeping an eye on this.

ComicBookMovie (via The Hollywood Reporter) is reporting that Marvel has two perspective candidates for the directing chair left vacant by Patty Jenkins earlier this week. Those names are Alan Taylor and Daniel Minahan who both have directed episodes of HBO's hit TV series Game of Thrones. Furthermore, Marvel was also in the midst of looking for a writer when Jenkins left the project. There is already a draft that was written by Don Payne and they were looking at Sheldon Turner (X-Men: First Class) on working on the script. Now there is also a short list of possible candidates to work on the script. They are John Collee (Happy Feet), Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan), and Roger Avery (Pulp Fiction). Guess we'll be finding out soon enough who ends up directing Chris Hemsworth on his next go around as The Mighty Thor.

We've all seen Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. We know that the movie jumps forward then backwards then right back to the middle. So here is the movie edited in chronological order. So if you have 2 1/2 hrs. to spare, sit down and enjoy a different perspective of Pulp Fiction.

Yup. This is the movie trailer for Battleship based on the Hasbro board game. I don't know... It has a very Transformers feel to it (I know.... Hasbro also produces Transformers toys). This is directed by Peter Berg (The Rundown). What say you?

The Source has revealed today that Multiple Eisner Award Winning artist Gene Ha will be penciling issues #7 & #8 of Justice League written by Geoff Johns. The issues Ha will be illustrating are going to be the first issues that take place in current continuity and we get to see who is in the team now and what is different. Jim Lee has been the artist for the previous issues that take place when the Justice League is first forming in the new DCnU. Lee will be returning after Ha's two issues.

Here's more on what's in store for Ha's two issues:

JUSTICE LEAGUE #7 will also feature the first appearance of Shazam in DC COMICS-THE NEW 52. THE CURSE OF SHAZAM will unfold as a backup series in the LEAGUE monthly, written by New York Times bestselling author Geoff Johns and illustrated by acclaimed artist Gary Frank. The back up feature will reveal an all-new origin for the character.

The main story of JUSTICE LEAGUE #7 serves as the prologue to “The Villain’s Journey,” a new, present day story arc which will pick up with the return of the regular series artist Jim Lee in issue #9.

Here is a pretty cool poster for next year's The Amazing Spider-Man courtesy of SuperHeroHype. It comes with the tagline "The Untold Story." Hopefully the Spidey movie reboot lives up to the first two Sam Raimi films.

Operation Early Bird shows a map of where you can watch early IMAX screenings of The Dark Knight Rises prologue. Those screenings take place on Tuesday, December 13th at 10pm. If you go to www.thedarkknightrises.com, you get an audio file that tells you numbers that you input into the Operation Early Bird website that reveals even more locations.

Thursday, December 8, 2011

What is Operation Early Bird? If you click on the link it will take you a countdown that will be ending at 10am Pacific Standard Time. Yesterday, two faux CIA bulletins were released that talked about a Dr. Leonid Pavel that kicked off The Dark Knight Rises viral marketing campaign. You can follow the TDKR viral twitter at @thefirerises. I guess we'll all have to wait and see what happens when the countdown reaches zero to see what happens.

The Dark Knight Rises stars Christian Bale, Tom Hardy, Anne Hathaway, Michael Caine, and Morgan Freeman and is directed by Christopher Nolan. It comes out in theaters and IMAX on July 20, 2012. You can catch TDKR's prologue to whet your appetite on December 16th when it is released in front of the IMAX showings of Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible- Ghost Protocol. Remember that the prologue will only be shown at certain IMAX theaters. To find out where you can watch the prologue, click HERE.

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

The two pics above were released today to both Wired and Empire, respectively. The CIA bulletin shows a "Dr. Leonid Pavel" who is played by actor Alon Abutbul. The second image seems to be a CIA transcript of some sort. Let the speculation begin on how this Dr. Abutol and the CIA involvement plays into The Dark Knight Rises.

What Would Tyler Durden Do? posted this trailer and the title of the post reads "This Might be the Worst Movie Ever." I think that's a bit harsh. The original Three Stooges short films were straight loony and I should know. I watched them religiously when I was a kid. I mean for god sakes, the premise of one the original shows as I remember was about them running a restuarant in some Arab country and Larry trying to cook a dog or cat (it's a bit fuzzy now).

I mean how many times have trailers steered us wrong in showing us a movie's potential to be good or bad? Expectations were high when I saw the Immortals trailer, and I had no hope when I viewed the first preview ofthe Rise of the Planet of the Apes. I was wrong both times. I'm giving this a 50/50 chance of success.

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Michael Shannon, who will be playing General Zod in Zack Synder's Man of Steel, spoke to The Province about numerous topics including portraying General Zod, CGI, and where MoS fits in with the other Superman movies.

So here's another Marvel crossover that is coming next April involving Marvel's top two teams: The Avengers and the X-Men. A lot of big name writers and artists are going to be involved in this battle for the the returning Phoenix Force. Here's Marvel's official press release, courtesy of SuperHeroHype:

Director Patty Jenkins (Monster) has stepped down from the director's chair of Marvel Studios' Thor 2, reports Deadline. It was just this past October that Marvel Studios had announced that Jenkins would be following Kenneth Branagh's directing of Thor after Branagh decided not to return for the sequel. The reason for the split between Jenkins and Marvel Studios is said to be "creative differences" but that doesn't mean that Marvel Studios won't be using her talents in another movie (most likely not a sequel). Marvel Studios is moving quickly in trying to find a replacement director in order to meet the November 15, 2013 Thor sequel release date.

Zelda Producer Eiji Aonuma says its time for Zelda to evolve into something bigger.

I started working on the series not at the beginning but part-way through its history. I think because of that, early on I was more looking objectively at the series and how we could change small, individual elements within it, rather than looking at how the series should evolve. As time has passed – particularly in the last few years – I’ve started to think a lot more about how I can take the series and really make it my own Zelda and evolve it further. As Mr. Miyamoto has allowed me to take the reins on the Zelda series, ultimately that’s what I need to do. Perhaps some people will think it’s a little bit late for me to start thinking about that, but as time goes by, that’s becoming more of a theme in how I’m approaching the series.

I can't wait to see what Nintendo has planned for the series. Personally I just want the series to be more difficult-- like Dark Souls difficult. I also want the next game to take place in a steam punk setting.

Do you still have a bunch of your old SNES cartridges laying around collecting dust somewhere? Well with the Supaboy you can play all your old SNES games on the go. Yes, old school classic 16bit games in the palm of your hands!

But what's cooler than that is you can also plug this bad boy to your TV and play it old school. This retro-gaming experience will set you back $80. Click here to check it out.

It hasn't even been a whole year since Marvel vs Capcom 3 came out when Capcom released the Ultimate version of the game. I enjoyed this update of the game a lot more than the original version. The major changes to the game, such as the new characters and rebalanced gameplay, are enough to make the Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3 fresh and exciting to play.

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